"Jack" John Redvers DONALDSON
Born 1901 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15]
Son of Frederick Stephen DONALDSON and Elizabeth THOMPSON [15]
Resided with his parents on Swan Street in North Fremantle [50]
His father worked as the Caretaker of the Government Stores in North Fremantle [81: 1-Nov-1903]
In 1903 his father dropped dead from suspected heart failure while feeding fowls at the age of 48 years [39: 31-Oct-1903]
Following his father's death his mother was left with five children, of which he was the youngest [15] [39: 31-Oct-1903]
Later resided with his mother at 116 Cantonment Street in Fremantle [50]
Farmhand in Carnamah 1920-1925 [19] [39]
He won the Gent's Prize at a Euchre Tournament in Carnamah in October 1920 to raise funds for a local hall [39: 23-Oct-1920]
His 'anxious mother' placed a notice in The Sunday Times in August 1922 requesting that he get in touch with her [81: 6-Aug-1922]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1922-23 [9: 2-Mar-1923]
Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1923 [9: 10-Aug-1923]
He was working as a Truck Driver and living at the hotel in Cranbrook in 1939 [50]
In December 1939 it was announced that he and Patsy O'KEEFE of Cranbrook were engaged [314: 11-Dec-1939]
Married Patricia Olive O'KEEFE in 1940 [66]
He worked on occasion as a Casual Repairer for Western Australian Government Railways in 1940 and 1941 [389]
Railway Repairer in Cranbrook from 15 July 1940 [389]
Railway Repairer in Mount Barker from 20 January 1941 to 31 January 1941 [389]
Railway Repairerin Tambellup from 5 June 1941 to 7 July 1941 [389]
Repairer in Kulin in 1943 [50]
Repairer of 31 Egerton Street in Narrogin in 1949 [50]
Repairer of 1 Railway House in Williams 1954-1968 [50]
He was living at 10 Hanrahan Road in Albany in 1972 and 1980 [50]
Died 8 April 1982; buried at Allambie Park Cemetery in Albany, Western Australia [425]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'John Redvers Donaldson' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 20 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/john-redvers-donaldson [reference list] |
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